Apify MCP

The Apify MCP server enables AI agents to extract data from social media, search engines, maps, e-commerce sites, or any other website using thousands of ready-made scrapers, crawlers, and automation tools available on the Apify Store.

Installation

npm install -g @apify/actors-mcp-server

Configuration

Remote Server (Recommended)

For the easiest setup, connect to the hosted server with OAuth:

https://mcp.apify.com

Local Server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "apify": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@apify/actors-mcp-server"],
      "env": {
        "APIFY_TOKEN": "your-apify-token"
      }
    }
  }
}

Available Tools

Actor Tools

• search-actors - Search for Actors in the Apify Store
• fetch-actor-details - Get detailed information about a specific Actor
• call-actor - Call an Actor and get its run results
• add-actor - Dynamically add an Actor as a new tool

Documentation Tools

• search-apify-docs - Search the Apify documentation
• fetch-apify-docs - Fetch documentation page content

Storage Tools

• get-dataset - Get metadata about a dataset
• get-dataset-items - Retrieve items from a dataset
• get-key-value-store - Get key-value store metadata
• get-key-value-store-record - Get value by key

Popular Actors

• Facebook Posts Scraper - Extract data from Facebook posts
• Google Maps Email Extractor - Extract contact details from Google Maps
• Google Search Results Scraper - Scrape Google SERPs
• Instagram Scraper - Scrape Instagram posts, profiles, and comments
• RAG Web Browser - Search and scrape web content for RAG applications

Features

• Access to 8,000+ pre-built Actors on Apify Store
• Dynamic tool discovery and loading
• Support for multiple AI models (Claude, GPT-4, Gemini)
• OAuth authentication for hosted server
• Comprehensive error handling

Getting an API Token

Sign up at Apify and generate an API token from your account settings.

Usage Example

Claude, use the Instagram Scraper to extract the latest 10 posts
from @techcrunch and summarize the main topics.